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Aptostichus lucerne Bond, 2012:179

Deadman’s trapdoor spider

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct (Bond, 2012)

Last record: 25 October 1957 (Bond, 2012)

 

Distribution

San Bernardino County, California, USA

Type locality: "California, San Bernardino County, Deadman’s Point, locality presumed to be point E of Apple Valley, jnct. HWY’s 18 and 247, 34.47221, -117.1223, 922m, coll. E. Sleeper 25.x.1957" (Bond, 2012)

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

Holotype: AMNH AP434 (male) (Bond , 2012)

Paratype: AMNH AP433 (male) (Bond, 2012)

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Bond, Jason E. (2012). Phylogenetic treatment and taxonomic revision of the trapdoor spider genus Aptostichus Simon (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Euctenizidae). ZooKeys 252: 1-209.

 

Other references:

https://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/22437/aptostichus-lucerne

 

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